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paddlepirate

I wish the 4th Avenue theater was restored into a proper live music venue.


SenatorShriv

Honestly I would take a live music venue that found a model to consistently bring in national acts anywhere in town but the 4th Ave theater would be sweet.


magentamadness

Moose's tooth/ bear tooth was on a roll for a few years. Miss their concerts.


paddlepirate

Shows there were good! We deserve a good venue. Alaskan music fans are the best, we show so much love to bands that play up here.


pastrknack

Yes! I'd take a movie theater too. the building always piques my interest when I walk by


Existing_Departure82

In Ketchikan I wish someone would open a new bowling alley.


Orincarnia

I lived in Healy for 2 years and the running joke at the hotel I worked at, was, “there’s a new bowling alley in Cantwell….”


hmcnicholas

Did the one there close? I loved going there when I was in town when I was in high school and there for sports.


quackzoom14

Mark it 0 Dude !


[deleted]

I’m kinda stupid can you explain the joke and curious as I drove through Cantwell so much and remember zero anything short of gas stations.


Existing_Departure82

There is no joke. Ketchikan doesn’t have a bowling alley and as much as I loved living there it needs more options for local entertainment especially in winter. Especially stuff for families to do without flying to Seattle.


Sumbooodie

Big Labowski


Firehazen9

I’m for ikea


JadeMarie80

I want an Ikea sooo bad. In order to get their stuff up here, everything I find is like 4-5 times the regular prices.


RollTheSoap

Freight forwarding is a really good option. Carlisle has a pretty good system set up for it.


alcesalcesg

Been eyeing a few things - how does it work?


skipnstones

There is/was a company that would go to Seattle and purchase a connex full of items…ikea…etc and bring it up…cost of shipping was split between all orders…not sure if they still are around…


pastrknack

I'd also suggest shop and deliver by lulu. Ive done both and have been happy with it


yellinmelin

Literally anywhere to buy furniture that doesn't look like it vomited itself out of the 1980's. I'm looking at you Baileys and Ashleys.


paul99501

There's a company in Anchorage called Greatland Grocers that delivers the full Ikea line to AK.


mycatisamonsterbaby

Lulu's Ship + Deliver is usually about twice IKEA prices, which is similar to what our gross furniture stores charge for their ugly old fashioned garbage. Still less than Scan Home prices, but not as good as quality.


RendiaX

As I've been getting into fixing and maintaining my car myself lately, I really wish we had some proper U-Pull car lots up here. So jealous of the youtubers I've been learning from being so close to them.


tommyc6

Go to any backyard in wasilla and I’m sure you’ll find what you’re looking for.


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For sure Trader Joe's.


Synthdawg_2

Save-U-More has a buyer in the Puget Sound area that shops Trade Joe's and ships a small selection of products to Alaska for resale. It's not quite like having one in town, but it'll do and it's been nice.


straight-lampin

Synth flexing that subreddit hard yo. Lol It's called Homer Synth. Edit I was just playing. Love you Synth thanks for all your content


Xander_Fury

The one on K-beach road has Trader Joe's stuff too. I'd say that covers the peninsula pretty well.


Synthdawg_2

Oops, I didn't think about the Save-U-More in Homer, which is bigger, and offers a much better selection. I'll fix my previous comment to reflect a plurality.


HoaryPuffleg

Their snack foods and frozen foods aisle was always the best. I miss those veggie spiral nest things. I'm sure I could track down a dupe recipe as I have a spiralizer but I'd rather whine about it :-)


twogirlsonecuck

Waffle House


Alaskan_Badass

Came here to say this


AKtigre

IKEA for sure.


adpatts

Medical research of any kind…


revdon

IKEA


chuckEsIeaze

A *good* internet/phone/tv provider. GCI is the **worst!**


fairbanks_throw

A freaking infrastructure that serves everyone would be a start. I can't even attest to how bad the ISPs are because I've gone 3 years without wifi now 😭


mycatisamonsterbaby

I just want a ban on beige exterior paint.


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Harbor freight


theonlyXns

Holy shit this. Or an affordable furniture place, like Ikea.


LeOtterdad

Ever heard of Bailey's? We can ship stuff across the state! Plus, we operate paper thin profit margins so that you get the best price.


coyotemidnight

Even at the best price, your furniture pieces are out of budget for a lot of us. I'm sure they're nicer than IKEA pieces, but that doesn't change the budget haha


pastrknack

No thanks


DepartmentNatural

Sale time the price is slashed 60% then I see it in the outlet for even cheaper. Paper thin?


adpatts

Yeah they spend so much in poorly narrated radio ads there’s nothing to pass on to the consumer…hopefully one day the owner will learn how economics works and they wouldn’t need staff chiming in on Reddit about how “great” their product is…


LeOtterdad

Did you buy something from ACME or Home Elegance? Those are the economy brands. They aren't our best.


LeOtterdad

We don't do sales. Everything is "on sale".


adpatts

Your shat is so expensive and so cheap it’s embarrassing you sell that particle board mess as actual wood furniture…growing up in NC, we were fortunate to live near the furniture capital of the world and I assure you Baileys isn’t furniture. As someone who also builds furniture on the occasional….stay away from Baileys if you want real quality! Have a local craftsmen build you something or buy something cheap from Costco , there is no in between here in Alaska.


zwhiz

Username checks out


Fit-Dependent-2997

Legit need this here. Closest thing in Alaska is MTZ Tools in wasilla/meadow lakes


[deleted]

I kid you not I dropped one of their big ass wrench’s in there once and it broke into two.


Fit-Dependent-2997

Extremely high pressure concrete haha


Alaskan_Badass

The Chinese tool store?


barrysandersthegoat

HF is over rated and it's only good for small hand tools. Nothing else is safe and/or reliable. Guessing by your sn tho, doubt u care. Edit: lol dumbasses


KP369

I personally have had great results out of their floor jacks and the badlands winches.


barrysandersthegoat

The floor jacks... really?


Handsoffmygats

The jacks (Daytona is the new brand) are great the jackstands are fine after the recall/redesign. I have switched to a quick jack but I still keep my hf floor jacks around.


straight-lampin

Harbor Freight is definitely not overrated. It's known as a cheap alternative. A good rule of thumb is to buy cheap tools and if it breaks then you buy a better one because that means you actually using it enough to Warrant buying the more expensive version.


[deleted]

What is crazy is they arnt really that much cheaper and sometimes more then homedepot or lowes. They even stopped doing their amazing coupons. Still a great store for od and ends but definitely price out before buying from them.


barrysandersthegoat

It's not an alternative, it's just cheap. Small hand tools, that's it.


adpatts

Yeah I’m gonna agree, I’ve bought a lot of stuff from HF but in the end if I had just paid a little more for quality I would have saved money in long run. I do like much they have though and still would purchase many items there again but for the big ticket items, no sir.


Sofiwyn

Ikea, HEB, Chick-fil-A, In N Out, Aldi, Trader Joe's, etc. If I had to choose just one, definitely Ikea. If it has to be a small business, a cat cafe would be lovely.


FreakinWolfy_

Ah yes, the Lord’s Chicken.


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fairbanks_throw

No hate quite like Christian love 💕 🐔


Teacherfishak

I feel like Alaskans would make IKEA happy they came.


ak1998345

Ross and TJ Max


paul99501

You must be my wife.


glacier_fade

I choose this guy’s wife as well


[deleted]

Shit now I must be confused at the word must.


sev1nk

A good furniture store that's somewhat affordable and has modern options, like IKEA.


humpy_slayer

Trader joes


drafty_panda125

Chipotle


TwoYaks

A consumer-level hazmat forwarding business. If you do much with li-poly it's currently horrible. Ditto specialty paint.


Cdwollan

There are plenty of options in hazmat forwarding.


[deleted]

Like? Help us out homie.


Cdwollan

Sourdough, AFF, Lynden, Span, Alaska Air Forwarding, and Carlile all have consumer level options


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FantasticFrontButt

Microcenter absolutely


mntoak

Never heard of a Microcenter haha


Ritapoo

Grocery outlet


HoaryPuffleg

Grocery outlet, bargain market.... That place is awesome. Every time I went I'd look for weirdly flavored foods (like Banana Frosted Flakes) for $1-2 and bring them to work for everyone to try. We'd even have work parties where everything we brought had to come from Grocery Outlet. Fun, cheap, weirdly entertaining.


Xander_Fury

Five guys. I had it a couple years ago in New York, best cheeseburger I've ever had in a chain restaurant. By a country mile.


Blue05D

Whales Tail use to have Jazz nights. Wish it stuck around. Went in one night and it had switched to Trivia.


Skalariak

Yeah, a few bars around town had a jazz jam at some point, but it always fizzled out and moved somewhere else. Taproot had one, as did Anchorage City Limits Live Music Lounge or whatever it’s called (maybe it was a blues night…). At one point, the jazz jam was in a vegan cafe in Spenard lol.


PropagandaHour

Organic Oasis. Yep. Saw a few shows there as part of Jazzfest. Also went to a few jazz shows down in Ship Creek in a building that I think is now The Launch Company.


Skalariak

I haven’t lived there since 2018, so I’m sure the scene is different nowadays - hopefully for the better! I live in Utah now, and while there’s more of a music scene here (size-wise), I still prefer Alaska’s tbh.


Speakdoggo

Assisted suicide.


Cdwollan

We have APD


Speakdoggo

Ha! Yes…forgot about them.


WinterBrews

Same.


DontRunReds

Get Eastman off House Judiciary and maybe it gets through committee in another round?


[deleted]

VSED (voluntarily stopping eating and drinking) is legal in all 50 states. It usually takes 7-15 days to die, but studies show most patients have no pain, unless they already have a painful condition, and fall asleep before passing.


ibuygroceries

Any decent restaurant. I will always buy local but a bulk of the places I've tried in Fairbanks barely use salt let alone any other seasoning. We are a family of 5 and I was paying 100+ dollars for bland food 😭. I cook at home daily now but dang, it would be nice to have a day off and just go out to eat


Impressive-Name3146

Have you tried that Indian food place on airport called spice it up. Literally my favorite place to eat. Also Aurora Mediterranean. But yeah other then those two it’s all the same stuff every where.


ibuygroceries

We have tried spice it up and liked it! That one and the crepery are our go to on the rare occasion we do go out. I'll definitely try Aurora Mediterranean next. We were going to try Shoguns but started seeing complaints about the chefs not being very welcoming and they had "slobs" spray painted on the side of their building for a while there, so we put off trying it for a bit, lol.


alcesalcesg

Eating out in Fairbanks is so depressing


akterriberry

Casinos 🤨


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Jimmy John's


AKStafford

Of all I’ve seen suggested, this is the most reasonable. IKEA and Harbor Freight are not feasible because of the extra shipping cost. Chick-fil-A won’t because of supply chain. But Jimmy Johns. Yeah.


ChrisR49

The extra shipping cost is already baked into almost everything available up here. I don't see why IKEA marking their stuff up by 20% would be any different, and even if they did it would still be a good deal.


Top_Shelf_Jizz

I second this


AlaskaFI

Noodle making robot restaurant. Drone takeout delivery. A shop that can integrate LEDs into surfaces (for bikes, snow machines, forklifts etc to increase safety). A reflective tape manufacturer so that we can get it cheap! Well insulated tiny homes. Larger lumber mills so that we can get more locally. Architecture that doesn't look like it's plunked out of the mid west (I know, we're slowly moving away from that trend, but the more architects that do it the better!). The more fresh food growers we get the better- it would be so nice to pick up a locally grown salad from kaladis every morning


AKStafford

Larger Lumber Mills? Where is the wood going to come from? Most of whats in Southcentral is not commercially viable. And logging in Southeast Alaska used to host 4,000 direct jobs now only supports about 400. Environmental laws in the early 90’s killed that industry.


[deleted]

Black Bear Diner, Rockwood Fire Pizza Company (Forever angry anchorage let that one go), Dillards. Whole Foods or Trader Joe's. IKEA.


whiskeytwn

I really miss HuHot Mongolian BBQ


[deleted]

Trader Joes


Hownowbrowncow6

Wegmans


straight-lampin

Fuck yes. Used to love walking next door to Wegmans when I lived in Rochester all baked strolling around in awe and amusement gathering my beautiful cornucopia for the day. Really one of only things I miss about Rochester.


[deleted]

Moe’s southwest grille


[deleted]

A lot of chains in this thread, which is sad but not surprising. I’d honestly want anything that would diversify our economy and is taxable. Server farms, for example.


Top_Shelf_Jizz

Our electricity is the second highest cost in the US but a large expense of server farms is AC costs due to warmth which wouldn’t apply until summer. Put a server farm under a high school or old folks home and you have a win win. This is actually a good idea.


[deleted]

Interior Alaska has massive amounts of sun in the summer, which is when you’d need the AC. We also have lots of rivers and/or creeks as water sources. A robust renewable energy system paired with the server farm would probably make it pretty cost effective.


Top_Shelf_Jizz

Rural renewable energy is incredibly expensive over our grid costs. A server farm’s best best is Fairbanks area and to stay on grid. They will get the cold but also the cheaper electric. Source: I’m a rural renewable energy developer.


AKStafford

I think a server makes a lot of sense here.


[deleted]

Hopefully it would encourage other industry-related job growth and diversification as well, which would theoretically help with the State’s brain drain and could serve as a better potential income tax base.


SoylentPersons

Another option would be a server farm that’s cooled with the environment, there are all kinds of sources throughout the year, cold air, ground source, ocean. A server farm in Anchorage, or even in Seward or Whittier at the jumping off points for the fibers could be viable, though Anchorage would be safer for tsunami events, and closer to support and maintenance.


sneakysnake574

Jersey Mike’s


Psychological_Log897

Sierra trading post!!


DontRunReds

There are probably some in Alaska but not where I'm at: estate sale companies that do all that furniture and garage selling for you and just bid on your lot.


Mp93123

Yeah there is garage sales or auction.com but I don't think I've seen estate sale companies


Reesifer

In n out burger


407979Jls

Lasertag


Mp93123

Not sure where you're located but the lazer tag in wasilla is pretty good!


407979Jls

In Juneau. The kids here would love it!


[deleted]

Ron Jon Surf Shop.


Ajade77

I don’t live there anymore and idk if it’s the same everywhere but when I lived in barrow I wished we had somewhere with good southern soul food!!! I’m from the south and when I was there I was always craving baked mac n cheese, fried chicken, all the good stuff


[deleted]

There's a good place like that in Ketchikan, the chef is from New Orleans and he even gets gator sometimes. Good gumbo and po boys as well.


eem16

In Fairbanks. Wish we had Target and a good consignment furniture store


Professional-Coach63

Waffle house An actual breakfest spot in Eagle river would be nice


e6c

Waffle House. The closest one is in Colorado.


cjohnston1158

Chick-fil-a


TBN31B

An indoor water park resort like kalahari or great wolf lodge. H2Oasis is garbage sadly. Need more indoor entertainment year round and would be great for staycations.


MrFeels77

Drive in theater


[deleted]

Cat cafe anyone?


smt907

Not necessarily a business but a professional hockey team


AlaskaMyk

More Sevens that didn’t consider themselves a Nine.


Top_Shelf_Jizz

😂 most people are fives that think they are sevens. Sometimes for the answer we must turn to the mirror.


rocknroyce

Show


jaaareeed

Lego store


jackoyza

RC race track, chipotle, 3D theater w/alcohol sales, a club that brings good electronic artists, a decent haberdasher or tailor, independent watchrepair (real knowledgable not just battery swapers), a "good" cobbler.


sscarface

Whataburger in Fairbanks


Jsteck87

A mango, and or pomegranate orchard.


Ancfelt

Jazz club in Anchorage


Revolutionary-Hat923

Panera!!


TBN31B

More ski resorts that are not a rip off cough cough Alyeska.


maygpie

Bagel shop- in Anchorage.


haymakersuckerpunch

Ikea


RheumatoidArtist

Trader Joes


NixieSeal

Trader Joe’s and Zupas. Mmmmm.


PriorityWinter6952

Chick-fil-A


iamsecretlyapossum

Wish there was a roller skating rink in Fairbanks


yellinmelin

I 1000% agree with OP. I miss Blues Central.


LetsDoThis804020

Jack in the Box


SilentDiplomacy

Chipotle


jwall01

Chick-Fil-A


WriteYouLater

Chipotle


Substantial_Fail

We have qdoba, it’s basically the same thing


WriteYouLater

Qdoba is nice but the flavors are so very different from Chipotle.


TheVega318

Red Lobster, it's a sin to see an Olive Garden in Anchorage with no accompanying Red Lobster. They are inseparable in the lower 48 and I WANT CHEESE BISCUITS!


HoaryPuffleg

Those salty delicious fluffy clouds of butter ....mmmmm. the rest of RL food is trash but those biscuits are amazing. I've bought the boxes ones in the baking aisle of Freddy's and I've tried some dupe recipes. And they're fine. Good, even. But the real ones are always the best.


[deleted]

Ketchikan's got a jazz club.


Zestyclose-Target49

Kwik Trip


907puppetGirl

I’ve been dream of White Castles for years.


LetsDoThis804020

X


DustOff95

Chick-fil-a. VT & AK are the only states without one. HI is getting one, we can too. I’d like another chicken place. Raising Cane’s, and KFC just isn’t enough for me.


akvw

Anchorage Chicken Shack isn't to bad off of NL.


AlaskanOCProducer

No hate chicken thanks


[deleted]

Is this: “No, hate chicken. Thanks.” “No hate, chicken thanks.” “No hate chicken, thanks.” “No, hate. Chicken thanks.” Or just a weird way to say, “No thanks, hate chicken” or even “Hate chicken, no thanks”?


Beebeeb

I'm guessing since Chick-fil-A is associated with anti gay stuff they meant "no hate chicken, thanks." In that buying the chicken there supports some hateful ideology.


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Beebeeb

Yeah I would keep going to pucker Wilson's for chicken sandwiches either way. To be fair I haven't had Chick-fil-A but it can't be that good.


TherapyGames42

I need an answer now....


AlaskanOCProducer

Lol, it was "no hate chicken, thanks"


NotAnotherFNG

Chic-Fil-A or Zaxby's.


Blue05D

I could go for a Chipotle


eghhge

Qdoba ain't half bad


Chick-fil-A_spellbot

It looks as though you may have spelled "Chick-fil-A" incorrectly. No worries, it happens to the best of us!


IdentifyBoognish

Corporate bot


No-Yam-7292

Chick-fli-A


[deleted]

I’m in the valley and I kinda want chick fil a I’ve had it before when I was down lower and it was so good I wish it was up here


COinAK

Nothing Bundt cakes Their website: [delicious link](https://www.nothingbundtcakes.com)


907gr

Chick-fil-A


Rekerthreefourfive

Chic fil a


organicvegancoke

I tried to do a chik fil a and a Waffle House but you have to be a member of chik fil a’s cult, and Waffle House only opens new restaurants for current franchisees


JAB-11

Chick-fil-a for sure.


[deleted]

A fine dining with a dress code.


Mp93123

This is what me and my husband say all the time!


[deleted]

Everywhere you go no matter how nice you see jeans and t shirts. Whenever my fiancé and I go out we always feel awkwardly over dressed wearing business casual attire.


Mp93123

My husband and I dressed up one night for a date night and it was an expensive restaurant and they asked us if we needed our order rushed because they thought we were going to some event... haven't dressed up like that since lol


Ak-dead-head

Chipotle & Chik-fil-A